Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grad, Clark, Talbert, Nilson..

Name: Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grad, Clark, Talbert, Nilson..
Brand: David Clark

David Clark

Grading for GrowthA Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education\nAuthor(s): David Clark, Robert Talbert\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781642673807, 978-1642673807\nSynopsis\nAre you satisfied with your current and traditional grading system? Does it accurately reflect your students learning and progress? Can it be gamed? Does it lead to grade-grubbing and friction with your students?The authors of this book two professors of mathematics with input from colleagues across disciplines and institutions offer readers a fundamentally more effective and authentic approach to grading that they have implemented for over a decade.\n\nRecognizing that traditional grading penalizes students in the learning process by depriving them of the formative feedback that is fundamental to improvement, the authors offer alternative strategies that encourage revisio.